Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-02-13
WHY THEY FAIL.

Success in legislation requires a
whole pile of practical experience
and knowledge of human nature.
Many men go to the Legislature
with the idea in their heads that
all that is required to make a big
impression on the country is to
have a glib tongue and a certain
amount of shrewdness and cunning.
No man should aspire to be leader
of the House" who does not first
feel his way and ascertain the
mental calibre of the crowd he is in.
You must not be fooled into the
idea that the quiet and perhaps
stupid looking man across the aisle
from some cow county has less
sense than yourself Incessant CAB
on other members bills has killed
numbers of aspiring statesmen;
killed them so dead that they are
never heard Of again. There is a
time to talk and a time to keep
quiet and the man who talks the
least accompanies the most. The
quiet members who are always in
the majority soon acquire secret
dislike for 4 man who is always on
his feet chattering at the chair.
They make no move to sit him
down but they quietly vote against
his pet bills and very soon he be-
comes a man Of no influence what
eyer. Many time the opponents
of bill have quietly fixed matters
so that an obnoxious talker will be
selected to make fight for the bill.
Many young man is trapped in
this way and feeling fattered over
the selestisn bloviates for half the
day under the idea that he is lead
ing the fight for the bill. The
smart lobbyists sit eff in corner
chrckling to themselves that the
bill will be Knocked out, and when
tie roll is called the measure is
buried out Of sight under the windy
gable OF man who imagines that
but for his oratory the measure
would have received at least ten
less votes. 1t is really a misfortune
to . county who happens to have
a free mouthed talker in its delega-
ton. The man who opposes every
thing that comes up because he
thinks he scents steal is another
drawback. He opposes everybody's
bill and in the last of the session
all the measures he introduced for
his own county are slaughtered.
All the time, the green, cow county
fellow across the aisle is working
under the direction of a skilled
lobbyist and bringing down all the
Legislative game III sight. When
the quiet man has a measure it
goes through "as slick as grease"
because he has trodden ON nobody's
toes and no one has reason to strike
back. The quiet man is working
all round the noisy member in COM
mittees, in the lobby and every
where and all the while making no
enemies. Every County Conven-
ton which dominates Legislative
ticket ought to have this plank in
the platform:
The Legislative nominees OF this
Convention hereby pledge them
selves not to attempt to be the
leader Of the House or Senate.
The over smart man is always
coming to grief. He wants to in
troduce all the bills of any import
ance and do all the talking on
them. One or two good bills is all
one man can draw up and pass in
one session. The less irens be has
in the FIRE the better, and the still
pig catches most of the swlll. Then
there are men who are continually
arranging petty jobs that they i'm
agine no on but themselves know
anything about. They are like the
ostrich whs having its head under
the sand imagines that the rest Of
its anatomy is unexposed. It must
be remembered that there are SO
ether people in the Legislature and
so of them may be just as smart
and cunning as yourself.
Mind your own business,
Let other people alone,
Keep quiet,
And ysu will get along.